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Letter: Turn over Five Points project to Purdue students

J&C readers
Published 7:05 a.m. ET June 21, 2017

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Midday traffic passes through the Five Points intesection Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Lafayette.(Photo: John Terhune/Journal & Courier)Buy Photo

I just read the article on Five Points area. It stated the city is spending $161,000 to a consulting team for best uses of the area.

Why don't they challenge Purdue students to come up with plans for the Five Points area? They are young fresh minds with the kind of forward-looking ideas that the young people will like. They will be the ones using the area in the future, not the older generation. They can do it in groups or a single person. The city could award scholarships for the winner.

Who knows better what we need than the young people that live here? I think this could be applied to many projects the city gives to consulting firms.